Posted March 6, 2008 

Sydney, Australia – This country claims it has seen its share of problems with motorcycle clubs. In fact, there is legislation pending in some areas to prohibit people from joining or soliciting membership into these clubs. Even wearing club colors could be a crime. So when an attempted robbery at a biker bar was reported, you can imagine what police were thinking as they responded. But they were in for a big surprise. Police in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, credit a bike club with stopping a bar stick-up. The bandits happened to pick a bar where some bikers were holding a meeting in a back room.

According to officers, two men wearing ski masks and waving machetes stormed into the tavern, yelling at patrons to lie down, as they tried to rob the place. The commotion drew the attention of about 50 members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club, who had just started a meeting in another room. By the time the dust settled, one robber ended up hog-tied and in the hospital. Police say the other robber escaped by leaping over a balcony.

Source: Associated Press